As a former Virginia resident and natural resorce manager, I support the following points for direction of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality:

1. Biogenic carbon emissions should be recognized as carbon neutral irrespective of whether other fuels also are co-fired;
2. The DEQ should maintain the current exemption for industrial boilers; and
3. The Commonwealth of Virginia should not join RGGI.

The use of biomass from sustainably managed forest as a fuel supply is a renewable product and should continue to be recognized as such. The forest industry has operated with biomass as a fuel supply since the advent of steam power and should be lauded that.